The Taos Center for the Arts Encore Gallery is pleased to present “ Young Artists of Taos” a juried and invitational art and photography exhibit.

Included in the show are Domonick Ortiz, Noah Lujan, Aiden Suazo and Lara StrangeOwl from the Taos Pueblo Day School Photo Club. These talented and dedicated young people have begun to develop a wonderful eye and appreciation for composition and meaning that shows in their work.

Jivan Lee’s exquisite paintings are crafted with pallet knives and brushes and occasionally he uses gloves, bare hands, and even dirt. His work is heavy with paint and liberal in its response to reality. Sculptor and jeweler Julie Lake has two pieces of her delicate and organic three dimensional stainless steel forms. Jessica Gaddis’s works are sculptural and whimsical with mediums of wax and found objects. Claire Cote is an instructor at Rivers and Birds, both an artist and ecologist her line drawing transfers on cloth capture the dual aspects of her interests and talents. There are two soft and dreamy photographs by Jessica Rone. Klara Wetmore’s copperplate etchings are lyrical, theatrical figures - one titled “Waking of a Fool”. Also in the show are life drawings by Aaron Garlick and Shannyn Thompson, and strong photographic portraits by Adeliza Bacus-Pace.

Please join us for a reception for the artists on Friday, May 4, 2012 from 5 PM to 7 PM
Encore Gallery, Taos Community Auditorium, 145 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos 87529

Remarkable Women of Taos Edition, will honor the creative women of Taos with presentations by a varied number of remarkable local women and will feature live entertainment, food and drinks, and plenty of time for “chit chat” with local creative, Doors open at 6:30 p.m., event begins at 7 PM, $7 per adult, Taos Center for the Arts. The Japanese term “PechaKucha” refers to the sound of “chit chat.” The gist of these international evenings are to give artists an opportunity to showcase and present 20 images of their work, with images changed every 20 seconds. The whole presentation is 6 minutes and 40 seconds per artist, http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/taos/. For more information contact J. Matthew Thomas or Richard Spera at (575) 613-0601 or pechakuchataos@gmail.com.

Sun., May 20 at 2:00 PM, Mon. & Tues. ,May 21 & 22 at 7:30 PM
Country: Italy, Language: Italian with English Subtitles, Runtime 90 min.
This film is not rated.

In his warm and witty follow-up to the 2010 sleeper hit “Mid-August Lunch”,
writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio has created another sparkling comedy—this time with a dash of the bittersweet. In “The Salt of Life”, Gianni plays a middle-aged retiree who has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relation. He contends with an aristocratic, spendthrift mother (again played by Lunch’s great nonagenarian Valeria de Franciscis); a wife who is more patronizing friend than romantic partner; a daughter (played by Di Gregorio’s daughter Teresa) with a slacker boyfriend whom Gianni unwillingly befriends; and a wild young neighbor who sees him merely as her dog walker. Watching his “codger” friends snare beautiful younger women on the sun-kissed cobblestones of Trastevere, Gianni tries his polite, utterly gracious best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life—with both hilarious and poignant results.

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Taos CPA, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sun., May 20 at 2:00 PM, Mon. & Tues. ,May 21 & 22 at 7:30 PM
Country: Italy, Language: Italian with English Subtitles, Runtime 90 min.
This film is not rated.

In his warm and witty follow-up to the 2010 sleeper hit “Mid-August Lunch”,
writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio has created another sparkling comedy—this time with a dash of the bittersweet. In “The Salt of Life”, Gianni plays a middle-aged retiree who has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relation. He contends with an aristocratic, spendthrift mother (again played by Lunch’s great nonagenarian Valeria de Franciscis); a wife who is more patronizing friend than romantic partner; a daughter (played by Di Gregorio’s daughter Teresa) with a slacker boyfriend whom Gianni unwillingly befriends; and a wild young neighbor who sees him merely as her dog walker. Watching his “codger” friends snare beautiful younger women on the sun-kissed cobblestones of Trastevere, Gianni tries his polite, utterly gracious best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life—with both hilarious and poignant results.

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Taos CPA, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sun., May 20 at 2:00 PM, Mon. & Tues. ,May 21 & 22 at 7:30 PM
Country: Italy, Language: Italian with English Subtitles, Runtime 90 min.
This film is not rated.

In his warm and witty follow-up to the 2010 sleeper hit “Mid-August Lunch”,
writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio has created another sparkling comedy—this time with a dash of the bittersweet. In “The Salt of Life”, Gianni plays a middle-aged retiree who has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relation. He contends with an aristocratic, spendthrift mother (again played by Lunch’s great nonagenarian Valeria de Franciscis); a wife who is more patronizing friend than romantic partner; a daughter (played by Di Gregorio’s daughter Teresa) with a slacker boyfriend whom Gianni unwillingly befriends; and a wild young neighbor who sees him merely as her dog walker. Watching his “codger” friends snare beautiful younger women on the sun-kissed cobblestones of Trastevere, Gianni tries his polite, utterly gracious best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life—with both hilarious and poignant results.

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Taos CPA, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, May 27 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday May 28 & 29 at 7:30 PM

Country: Israel, Language: Hebrew with English subtitles, Runtime: 103 min.
Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, language and smoking

Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
“When I describe "Footnote," you may conclude that it offers little for you. In fact, it's one of the smartest and most merciless comedies to come along in a while.” – Roger Ebert

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Taos CPA, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, May 27 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday May 28 & 29 at 7:30 PM

Country: Israel, Language: Hebrew with English subtitles, Runtime: 103 min.
Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, language and smoking

Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
“When I describe "Footnote," you may conclude that it offers little for you. In fact, it's one of the smartest and most merciless comedies to come along in a while.” – Roger Ebert

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Taos CPA, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, May 27 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday May 28 & 29 at 7:30 PM

Country: Israel, Language: Hebrew with English subtitles, Runtime: 103 min.
Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, language and smoking

Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
“When I describe "Footnote," you may conclude that it offers little for you. In fact, it's one of the smartest and most merciless comedies to come along in a while.” – Roger Ebert

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Taos CPA, Creative Framing and Crating, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Star soprano Anna Netrebko takes on the legendary title role in Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece, which has been a musical and dramatic showpiece for many of history’s greatest singers. The opera, based on the final tragic days of Anne Boleyn, makes its Met premiere in a new production by David McVicar, whose staging of Il Trovatore was a best-selling Live in HD presentation last season. Powerhouse Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova sings the role of Giovanna Seymour, Bolena’s lady-in-waiting and romantic rival; Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov is the cruel King Enrico (Henry) VIII; and Stephen Costello and Tamara Mumford are the queen’s allies, Lord Percy and Smeaton. Italian conductor Marco Armiliato leads the MET Orchestra in what is widely considered one of Donizetti’s finest scores.

Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Call 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to the performance

Taos Center for the Arts is celebrating sixty years of service to Taos as an art association and the Fortieth Anniversary of the Taos Community Auditorium.

Texas singer songwriter of the year, Michael Hearne and South by Southwest, will be joined by local favorites Bone Orchard for a benefit concert celebrating our community and the lively arts of Taos!
Saturday, June 16th at 8 PM

The Encore Gallery in the lobby will display memorabilia from the TAA and TCA’s colorful history.
We have a fabulous selection of raffle prizes from local businesses and there will be a cash bar serving beer and wine.

Tickets are $18 in advance and $23 at the door for TCA members and
$20 in advance and $25 at the door general admission. Call 575-758-2052
Raffle tickets are $5 & $20 for 5

Sponsored in part by: Taos Community Foundation, N.M. Educators Federal Credit Union, Taos Life Style-featuring Sleep Sanctuary, Taos Ski Valley, Larry Bell Studio

Raffle Sponsors:
Sleep Sanctuary, Toto Home, Creative Framing, Mari Tara Massage, Metric Motors, Nambe Ware, Spirits of Beauty, Doc Martin's Restarurant, Taos Mountain Outfitters, Trading Post Cafe and more to come.
 

Bach: Motet Octet BWV225 (arranged by N. Kitchen)
Enescu: String Octet in C Major, Op. 7
Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children16 years of age and under cost $10.

Young Artist concerts at the Taos Community Auditorium cost $8.00.

SEASON TICKETS can be purchased online: click here, or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. The cost for season tickets is $80.00.
 

Bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez sings the title role of this vocally dazzling comedy, in Bartlett Sher’s Met premiere production. Joyce DiDonato stars in the trouser role of the page Isolier, who vies with Count Ory for the love of Countess Adèle, sung by Diana Damrau.
Production: Bartlett Sher
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Cast: Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi
Original transmission: Saturday, April 9, 2011

Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Call 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to the performance

Program to be announced.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.

Young Artist concerts at the Taos Community Auditorium cost $8.00.

Mariusz Kwiecien is the world’s most famous lover in Michael Grandage's elegant new production, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. The lineup of refined Mozartians also includes Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.
Production: Michael Grandage
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Cast: Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Mojca Erdmann, Ramón Vargas, Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Pisaroni, Joshua Bloom, Štefan Kocán
Original transmission: October 29, 2011

Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Call 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to the performance
 

Program to be announced.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.

Young Artist concerts at the Taos Community Auditorium cost $8.00.

Bartlett Sher’s 2009 production stars Joseph Calleja in the tour-de-force title role of this fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Anna Netrebko is the tragic Antonia and Alan Held sings the demonic four villains. Met Music Director James Levine conducts.
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Bartlett Sher
Cast: Kathleen Kim, Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Kate Lindsey, Joseph Calleja, Alan Held
The Live in HD production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann does not include the partial nudity seen in the stage production.
Original transmission: December 19, 2009

Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Call 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to the performance

Bridge: Cello Sonata in D Minor
Smetana: String Quartet in E Minor,
"From My Life"
Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 596

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children16 years of age and under cost $10.
 

Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s bel canto tragedy in her Met role debut, with Piotr Beczala as her lover, Edgardo. Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman’s hit production, first seen in 2007, is staged as a Victorian ghost story.
Production: Mary Zimmerman
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Cast: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov
Original transmission: February 7, 2009

Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Call 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to the performance

Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor, K.478
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C Minor
Beethoven: Piano Quartet Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children16 years of age and under cost $10.

Program to be announced.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.

Young Artist concerts at the Taos Community Auditorium cost $8.00.

Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Edo de Waart conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen.
Production: Nathaniel Merrill
Conductor: Edo de Waart
Cast: Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, Kristinn Sigmundsson
Original transmission: Saturday, January 9, 2010

Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Call 575-758-2052 to purchase tickets.
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to the performance

Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 42
Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 14
Brahms: String Sextet in G Major, Op.36

NDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children16 years of age and under cost $10.

Free theatre camp week is open to all kids entering 1st grade through 12th. You must be available for rehearsals all week from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Performances, Sat. August 4, 3 and 7 PM

Those auditioning should arrive at 8:45 AM and plan to stay for the full two hours. Most of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal
immediately following the audition.

Approximately 60 roles are available for local students. All students entering 1st through 12th grade are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Most students will rehearse approximately 4 ½ hours each day, Monday through Friday.

Program to be announced.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased in advance at FX-18 Gifts and Jewelry at 103-C Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.

Young Artist concerts at the Taos Community Auditorium cost $8.00.

Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 29th Season August 17 - September 2, 2012. World-class chamber music is performed in 14 concerts featuring more than 35 international artists including among others, Festival favorites pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinist Ida Kavafian, and cellist Peter Wiley. The 2012 Composer-in-Residence is Steven Stucky. Concerts in Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Tickets range from $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit our website.

Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 29th Season August 17 - September 2, 2012. World-class chamber music is performed in 14 concerts featuring more than 35 international artists including among others, Festival favorites pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinist Ida Kavafian, and cellist Peter Wiley. The 2012 Composer-in-Residence is Steven Stucky. Concerts in Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Tickets range from $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit our website.

The Family/Youth Concert is an opportunity for school children to have fun learning about chamber music. There is no charge for this lecture/demonstration. Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 29th Season August 17 - September 2, 2012. World-class chamber music is performed in 14 concerts featuring more than 35 international artists including among others, Festival favorites pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinist Ida Kavafian, and cellist Peter Wiley. The 2012 Composer-in-Residence is Steven Stucky. Concerts in Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Tickets range from $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit our website.

Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 29th Season August 17 - September 2, 2012. World-class chamber music is performed in 14 concerts featuring more than 35 international artists including among others, Festival favorites pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinist Ida Kavafian, and cellist Peter Wiley. The 2012 Composer-in-Residence is Steven Stucky. Concerts in Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Tickets range from $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit our website.

Music from Angel Fire celebrates its 29th Season August 17 - September 2, 2012. World-class chamber music is performed in 14 concerts featuring more than 35 international artists including among others, Festival favorites pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinist Ida Kavafian, and cellist Peter Wiley. The 2012 Composer-in-Residence is Steven Stucky. Concerts in Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Tickets range from $20 - $35. For information call (888)377-3300 or visit our website.

Earthship Biotecture and the Taos Center for the Arts present “Garbage Warrior” a film by Oliver Hodge and a talk with Eco architect Michael Reynolds on September 27, 2012 at 5:30 PM at the Taos Community Auditorium.

An ISAE 2012 Machine Wilderness event free to conference attendees, $5 at the door for the general public.

About "Garbage Warrior"
What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of “Earthship Biotecture” by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony. However, these experimental structures that defy state standards create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities, who are backed by big business. Frustrated by antiquated legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site. While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Reynolds and his crew seize the opportunity to lend their pioneering skills to those who need it most. Shot over three years and in four countries, Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century. Running time 80 min.

Quick Draw gives visitors to Taos a glimpse at the art process from the beginning, with a chance to bid on the artwork to own the results. Visitors are invited to walk among and talk to up to 40 participating artists as they create.

The Quick Draw will take place on the Taos Center for the Arts’ (TCA) historical grounds at 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte in Taos. Live music by some of Taos’ best local performers will accompany the event.

Those interested in purchasing two and three dimensional art in every medium can bid at a spirited auction in the afternoon. All artists' works are for purchase, either at a silent auction or by bid at the live auction at 3 p.m. Proceeds from the auction directly benefit programs within the TCA.

Mediums include: oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, drawings, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, stone and glass and wood. All art will be created on site from noon to 3 p.m.

The Quick Draw is free to the public. For more information, call Dancer Dearing at 575-758-2052 or tca@tcataos.org

An Exhibition of Three Contemporary Artists:

Gretchen Ewert, Pat Pollard and Ginger Mongiello

Opening Reception: October 5 at 5PM